Anti-Wrinkle Injections
Smoker's Lines Treatment in Putney
Softening the fine vertical lines that gather above the upper lip.
The vertical lines above the top lip are called perioral lines, and despite the nickname most people who have them have never smoked. They come from the constant purse and release of the muscle circling the mouth, combined with the skin there being thin and short on collagen.
Small doses relax that pursing action so the skin is not being folded all day. Because these lines are usually etched in as well as dynamic, the best results normally combine this with a skin treatment. A course of microneedling or a hydrating skin booster rebuilds the skin quality that lets the line soften properly.
Dosing around the mouth is deliberately cautious. This muscle does a great deal of work and over-relaxing it affects speech, drinking and how your smile forms.
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Questions
Frequently asked
Rarely on their own. Injections stop the folding action, which prevents the lines deepening and softens them a little. Filling in an etched line and improving the thin skin around it needs a skin booster, polynucleotides or microneedling alongside. We will usually recommend a combination.
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Our clinic is based in Putney, South West London, where we carry out all of our treatments and conduct consultations.
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